September 2010
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On Discipline
Discipline is an ugly word. It’s about keeping people in line, stopping them from doing anything different to what they’ve been told. It conjures the image of a sneering drill sergeant, whip in hand, slowly inspecting endless ranks of dull, identical, faceless drones; hardly the idea you want associated with education. Discipline has played an important part in education for centuries, but that’s...